Camila Giorgi and the Italian Tennis Federation are at odds over the World No. 48's refusal to play the nation's upcoming Fed Cup tie with Spain, the Associated Press reports.

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According to the AP Giorgi announced last week that she’d be cutting ties with the Italian Tennis Federation, purportedly because she does not want to play Fed Cup.

According to UBItennis.net, Giorgi had sent an email requesting that she not be included in the tie because she wants to improve her game by playing at Stuttgart. Reportedly the Italian Federation (FIT) refused Giorgi’s request due to the fact that they have a contract in place that requires a certain amount of services from Giorgi in order for her to receive funding. The arrangement reportedly includes a loan from the FIT as well as bonuses and access to training staff and facilities.

Here’s a snippet from the UBITennis.net post on the developing situation:

"FIT representatives seem adamant that, should Giorgi refuse to travel to Spain, she would be in breach of the agreement and required to repay the 145,000-euro loan immediately, as well as lose access to all the FIT training staff and facilities in Tirrenia. Other Italian players who were granted “temporary waivers” to their duty to represent Italy in Fed Cup (Pennetta, Schiavone and Vinci) were all stalwarts of the team that brought home four Fed Cup titles between 2006 and 2013, therefore, according to FIT, they have earned the right to obtain a break from the team competition. Furthermore, Giorgi is the only one under formal contract, and benefiting from free training facilities and free access to trainers and doctors."